Thermal Power Plant Lighting Design

By
Naga
Rajani Kanth

Main Areas of the Thermal Power Plant

Main Power House Building

Boiler Area
ESP Area
Coal Handling Plant
Water Treatment Plant
Oil Handling Plant
Ash Handling Plant

Typical Thermal Power Plant

Coal Handling Plant

Railway wagons
Wagon Tripplers
Screens
Conveyer belts
Primary Crusher
Secondary Crusher
Bunkers
Hoppers
Coal Mill

Water Treatment Plant

Pre-Treatment - a) Clarification
b) Filtration
Post-Treatment - a)Demineralization

Oil Handling Plant

Oil is used as an additional combustible
material initially to get the coal fired in
the Boiler.
Ash Handling Plant
In this unit the ash particles are removed
from the flue gases coming out of the
boiler/furnace after the burning of coal.

Lighting Overall Plant

Unit

Common(Offsi
te Areas)

Main Power House Building

ESP Control Building
ESP Platforms
ID & FD Fan Area
Cooling Tower
Transformer Yard
Service Building

Fuel Oil Pump House, Fire Station Building

CW Pump House, Service Building
DM Plant
WTP
FWPH, RWPH, AWPH etc

AC
Normal
Lighting

Unit
Common
Area

AC & DC
Unit
Emergenc
Service Building
y
Lighting

AC Emergency Lighting
30% of total lights in main control & control equipment room
100% in DG room
Remaining areas 20% of total lights
DC Emergency Lighting
At main operating areas like Turbine Generator hall, Boiler &
ESP
At offsite areas, DC emergency lighting shall be provided with
self contained battery backup DC emergency fixtures at
strategic locations.
Maintenance factor
Boiler 0.6
Indoor Non AC(except fluorescent) - 0.7
Indoor Non AC(fluorescent) - 0.61
Control Room & Air conditioned 0.8

Light Fixtures
Industrial
Fluorescent
Decorative
Type of Light
Fixtures

Incandesc
ent

Flame Proof

Corrosive
HPSV

Medium Bay
(For height
upto 5.5m)
High Bay
(For Height
above 5.5m)

Type of Fixtures
NTPC Type Description
No

Bajaj Type

IB

100W Incandescent
Bulk Head Fixture

BJDB-100

IR

100W Incandescent
Recessed Mounting
Fixture

BJDR-100

IW

100W Incandescent
Well Glass Fixture

BJVW-200

FC

Twin 28W Fluorescent,

Corrosive Proof
Fixture

BTI 228 FG

FD

Twin 28W decorative

type mirror optic
Fluorescent, Fixture

BTSM 228

Type of Fixtures
NTPC Type Description
No
FH

FR1

Twin 36W, Flame

Proof Fluorescent
Fixture
Twin 28W decorative
type mirror optic
Fluorescent, Fixture

Bajaj Type
BJFFTL 240

BTLM 228

SH1

150W Integral Type,

Medium Bay HPSV
Fixture

BJHBIS 150SV

SF1

70W HPSV Light

Fixture

BGEMF 70SV

SS1

150W HPSV Street

Light Fixture

BGEST 150

Lux Level for Various Areas

Location

Lux Level

Type of
Fixture

TG Building

200

HPSV High
Bay(SH3/SH2/SH1)

Switchgear Rooms

200

FI

Battery Rooms

100

FC

Control Rooms

300

Decorative (FR1, FD,

FR2 etc)

Transformer Yard

10/50

HPSV flood
type(SF1/SF2)

Street Lighting

10/20

HPSV street light

(SS1/SS2)

All Pump Houses

150

FI/SH1/SH2/SH3

DM plant & WTP

150

FI/FC/SH1/SH2

Cooling Tower

10/50

HPSV well
glass(SW1/SW2)

Receptacles

Receptacles

RA(Industri
al)
(230V, 20A)

RB(Decorati
ve)
(230V, 16A)

RC(Industri
al)
(24V, 20A)

63A, 3
Phase
Welding
Receptacle

Location of Receptacles
RA Receptacle - shall be provided in all areas of the
power plant at an average distance of 20M
RB receptacle atleast one no. shall be provided in all
office areas & conference rooms.
RC receptacle to be provided in TG Hall, Boiler area,
ESP platform & ID fan area.
63A, 3 phase welding receptacle shall be provided near
all major equipment like Boiler area, Turbine area &
Transformer area at an average distance of 50M

Lighting Panel

LP-1

Lighting
Panels

LP-2
LP-3
LP-D

Type

Incomer
Feeder

Outgoing
Feeder

LP-1

1No. 415V, 63A, 18 Nos, 20A,

TPN Isolator
240V SPMCB
3.5CX70 SQMM
Cable

IP: 55 Protection
Auto Operation
Through
Synchronous
Timer

LP-2

1No. 415V, 63A, 9 Nos, 20A,

TPN Isolator
240V SPMCB
3.5CX35 SQMM
Cable

IP: 55 Protection
Auto Operation
Through
Synchronous
Timer

LP-3

1No. 415/42V,
3 phase, 4W,
3KVA
Transformer,
40A TPN MCB,
3CX16 SQMM
Cable

IP: 55 Protection
Outgoing Circuit
Shall be
suitable for
2CX16SQMM
Cable

LP-D

1No. 220V, 32A, 6Nos, 16A,

24 Nos, 16A,
45V MCB

Detail of
Content

IP: 55 Protection

Switch Boxes & Fans

NTPC
Type

Switch Fan
Socket
Regula
tor

SWB1

5A 2
Nos

SWB2

5A 3
Nos

5A 1
No

SWB3

5A 5
Nos

5A 1
No

SWB4

5A 7
Nos

5A 1
No

SWB5

5A 5
Nos

5A 1
No

Control of Light
Fixtures in control
room, office room &
conference room shall
be through switch
boxes and in other
areas it shall be group
controlled using MCBs
Suitable number of
fans shall be provided
in areas not covered
by air conditioning

Junction Boxes

Type F
(Used in
Indoor areas)

1 No-2 way,
suitable for
loop in loop
of 10SQmm
Al Cable

Type S
(Used for
street
lighting)

1-4 way,
suitable for
loop in loop
out of 4CX16
SQMM Al
Cable

Junction
Boxes

Wiring

LP to JB 4/6 SQMM AL Wire

JB to JB 4/6 SQMM AL Wire
JB to fixture 1.5 SQMM AL Wire
LP to SB 4/6 SQMM AL wire
SB to Fixture 1.5SQmm Cu Wire
Street Lighting 4CX16 SQMM AL Cable

The various floors in Main Power House

Building

TG Building at 0.0M
Cable Vault at 0.0M
HT Switchgear Room at 3.5M
Cable Vault at 5.1M
TG Building at 8.5M
Cable Vault at 8.5M
UPS, Battery & Charger Room at 8.5M
LT Switchgear Room at 12.0M
Cable Vault at 13.5M
TG Building at 17.0M
CER at 17.0M
TG Building at 24.0M
Cable Vault at 24.0M
Boiler MCC room at 27.5M
TG Building at 36.0M

Dimensions of Main Buildings

Area

Dimension
Dadri
Korba
Farakka
(2X490M (1X500M (1X500M
W)
W)
W)

Turbine
Generat
or
Boiler

117m x 44m x
47.5m

118m x 44m x
47.5m

117m x 44m x
47.5m

92.5m x 78m x
84.899m

93.5m x 78m x
83.275m

107.5m x 78m
x84.899m

ESP
Control
Building

50m x 14m x
21.7m

50m x 14m x
21.7m

50m x 14m x
21.7m

Unit Switchgear(Typical)

Boiler MCC
Boiler ACDB
Ash Extraction switchgear
ESP/ID Fan
DMPT
Turbine MCC
Unit Emergency
Unit DCDB
Boiler Valve DB
Ash Extraction MCC

Station Switchgear(Common)

Service Building MCC

Ash SILO & AWPH
CPU
Fire Water
Fuel Oil
Welding DB
Raw water
CW MCC

Equipment Layout (Typical)

HT Switchgear Room at 3.5M

LT Switchgear Room at 12.0M
Boiler MCC at 27.5M
ESP Control Building
Service Building CCR

Photographs

Boiler Unit

TG Hall 17.0M

Conduiting Work at
TG Hall

2MVA
Transformer

220V Battery Bank

Lighting Work in 17.0Mtr

Receptacle

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